18
Aug
MOHNTON, Pa. – In a final round that matched teacher against student, Funny Car driver Jack Beckman raced to his second win of the season on Sunday at the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals.
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Beckman drove his Dodge Charger R/T to a 4.183-second run at 291.57 mph past Frank Hawley for his first win at Maple Grove. [...]
23
Apr
Nationally known hot rod driver Melanie Troxel made a pit stop Tuesday in Snellville at a charity for medically fragile children.
Troxel, head of the Gotham City Racing Team, showed off her white Dodge Charger Nitro funny car to some of the kids at the corporate headquarters of Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc., a [...]
23
Apr
One wants to drive top Funny Car, and the other, who’s blind, wants to help him get there.
Marty Nothstein is eight years removed from winning an Olympic cycling gold medal, and Jay Blake is 11 years from an industrial accident that took his sight. Together, they say, they’re going to the [...]
21
Mar
Former NHRA national-event-winning Funny Car driver Al Hofmann, a longtime fan favorite despite his take-no-prisoners exterior who gave John Force his most serious championship challenges in the mid-1990s, died March 20 of a heart attack at his home in Eustis, Fla. He was 60.
Hofmann, who won 15 times in 32 final-round appearances, was a regular [...]
11
Mar
Jerry Toliver will be behind the wheel of a new race car at this weekend’s NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., the third of 24 races on the 2008 POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. The driver of the Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car tested two days this week with a new chassis at [...]
11
Mar
BEECHER, Ill (March 8, 2008) – Beaver Shredding, a long-time associate sponsor of the Creasy Family Motorsports’, Torco Race Fuels Nitro Funny Car will expand its partnership with the two-time…
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7
Mar
GAINESVILLE, FLA (March 7, 2008) — Robert “Top Gun” Hight has a high level of respect for the drivers that have won and competed at Gainesville Raceway for the past four decades. He knows it is a special place for a variety of reasons, some happy and some sad.
Gainesville and Gainesville Raceway are home to [...]
7
Mar
Former NHRA Top Fuel driver Mike Smith will experience a true father-son weekend when he makes his NHRA Funny Car debut during the upcoming ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals March 13-16 at famed Gainesville Raceway. Smith, son of legendary fuel tuner Paul Smith, will be driving the Tire Kingdom/Diamond Freight Distribution 2006 Monte Carlo. As an added [...]